In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem. —George Carlin

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. —Winston Churchill

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. —Isaac Asimov

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. —Gore Vidal

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election. —Bill Vaughan

If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side. —Orson Scott Card

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. —James Freeman Clarke